Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

You, like many other Troopers and Officer's in our great nation should never be forgotten and always be remembered and thanked for your bravery and sacrifice. May the memory of your service, heroism and sacrifice remain forever. May God bless you, your family and brother/sister officers.

Trooper
Pennsylvania State Police

September 23, 2005

God bless you and your family at this time of sorrow. You are in our prayers and will never be forgotten for your service and sacrifice.

DE
St. Louis City Police Dept.

September 23, 2005

God Bless Trooper Floyd.

God Bless the family of Trooper Floyd.

God Bless the Missouri Highway Patrol.

Trooper
New Jersey State Police

September 23, 2005

Our Greatest Fear
Yet once again the Thin Blue Line is diminished,
an officer’s final tour of duty is finished.
"Officer down", it’s our greatest fear,
and once again, I hold back a tear.
They patrol in the state, city, county and town,
in uniforms colored white, green, blue and brown.
The shape of their badges may vary,
but it’s a symbol that they all, proudly carry.
They leave for work with a kiss goodbye,
but some don’t come home, no matter how hard they try.
To uphold the law is the job that they pick,
with such high aspirations, why must some die so quick?
They leave behind loved ones, family and friends,
after their lives have met tragic ends.
Some die in crashes, others hearts not too stout,
too many have been lost when gunshots ring out.
Our Heavenly Father has called them home,
no more these dark streets do they roam.
Through trial and error they have given their best,
please Lord, now grant them eternal rest.
Yet once again the Thin Blue Line is diminished,
an officer’s final tour of duty is finished.
" Officer down", it’s our greatest fear,
and once again I hold back a tear.

Trooper Floyd, thank you for all you have given. God bless you and your family, we will take it from here!!

Officer Justin W Yohe
Sweetser Police Department, Sweetser, Indiana

September 23, 2005

Thank you for your sacrifice and dedication to the citizens of Missouri. May God Bless your family. People please, please slow down and be considerate of others!!!!! The time you THINK you save will never be worth a life lost!!!!!

September 23, 2005

I come here hoping that no other names will be added to this site and yet they are.

This is the 4th Missouri State Highway Patrolman to lose his life in the line of duty this year and my heart mourns.

All Law Enforcement Officers are true heroes and we should thank them each and every day. They risk their lives to protect ours and often pay the ultimate price.

Thank you and God Bless you Trooper Floyd, for your many years of service to the citizens of the great state of Missouri.

My thoughts and prayers are with you, your family, fellow officers and friends.

Please, let's remember to stay alert when we are driving. When you see those familiar flashing lights on the side of the road, slow down and be very cautious so such senseless tragedies don't have to happen anymore.

God Bless you all.

Missouri Citizen

September 23, 2005

As A former resident of Des Moines, Iowa. I wish to offer my condolences to the family, co workers, and State of Missouri State Trooper Donald Floyd. I hope that no other law enforcement officer is taken from their loved ones or friends, but until then god Bless you all.

“REMEMBER ME”
Law enforcement officers are, indeed, a special breed of people. Ask anyone on the street and they will tell you that they would not have our jobs for anything in the world. It takes something special to do what we do and at the same time be able to even contemplate retirement. We try to be optimists. Unfortunately, there are a few of us who will never make that date with retirement. By the very nature of our job, we are at risk everyday of losing our lives, either at the hand of some deranged individual or in some other situation that we, by virtue of our occupation, may be unable to avoid. Some people have recognized the hazardous duties we involve ourselves in, the risks we take, and the pride we take in accomplishing that job. There is National Law Enforcement Week, dedicated to us who gladly accept the responsibility of protecting the citizens in our respective jurisdictions. National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Day is dedicated to those who gave their lives in the line of duty. These are but a two examples of remembrances specifically for law enforcement personnel. Remembrances that come but once a year. We should remind fellow officers of another type of remembrance, one that will last a lifetime. Sooner or later, a doctor will pronounce us dead. It is inevitable. Regardless of whatever happens, death is the end we will all have to face.
“IT IS IN DEATH THAT WE CAN LIVE FOREVER”
Author Unknown

Tonya Stephenson
Private Citizen, Pennsylvania

September 23, 2005

Somebody Didn't Make It Home ©

-Richard Frawley 1999-Milford PD,CT ©


Under cover of night, They're paid to fight
For what is good, and wrong and right.
Somebody didn't make it home today.

They leave their families, and their wives
Kiss the kids, and risk their lives
Somebody didn't make it home today,

They work each day, out on their own
But as of tonight, a new star has shone
Somebody did'nt make it home today.

So with your family, shed a tear
Hold them close, it's what we fear
Somebody did'nt make it home today.

Thank you Trooper Floyd for your years of service. May you watch over your brothers in blue from heaven. You and your family are in our hearts and prayers.

wife and mother in law of LEO's

September 23, 2005

On behalf of the THP, we extend our sincere condolences to not only the family of Trp. Floyd, but to the other 3 families of the Missouri State Highway Patrol who have suffered such a great loss this year. May God bless these four Troopers & their families as they look to Him for comfort. Rest in peace Trp. Floyd, your sacrifice will never be forgotten.

Trooper Tracy Tyler
Tennessee Highway Patrol

September 23, 2005

On behalf of the members of the Sutherlin Police Department, I send to you, our heartfelt condolences and prayers in your time of sadness. May your fallen officer’s legacy live on in the memories of his friends and family. Rest now brother, after a job well done. We’ll take it from here.

Corporal Justin Marquis
Sutherlin Police Department, Sutherlin, OR

September 23, 2005

From the officers of the Council Bluffs, IA, Police Department, our prayers go out to you and your family.

Council Bluffs, IA PD

September 23, 2005

Trooper Floyd,

I know you are in a very beautiful place. Missouri has lost a true hero. Watch over All of us that is in the Law Enforcement Capacity. Good bye my Brother in blue!!!!

Rest in Peace

Correctional Officer/Sister
California Department Of Corrections

September 23, 2005

God, bless the Missouri State HIghway Patrol in its year of loss. R I P

September 23, 2005

To Tpr. Floyd's wife, son and daughter, extended family, friends and his fellow troopers, I offer my deepest sympathy for his loss. When are drivers going to be more mindful of officers on the side of the road and give them the space they deserve while trying to get other potentially dangerous drivers to obey safety rules of the road. After twenty-one years of dedicated service to protect his community I wish he and his family might have enjoyed his retirement years that were to be so well-earned. God has plans that we all wish we could understand and I guess in His time we will, but until then we all deal with unanswered questions. Please know that the many survivor families who come to this site feel your loss and grieve with you especially when this type of accident is so avoidable. May God's perpetual light shine upon Tpr. Floyd, may he rest in God's eternal peace and may his family be surrounded by God's grace as they mourn his loss. His sacrifice will not be forgotten.

Anita L. Culosi
sister of Tpr. S.J.Embarrato eow 7/6/61

September 23, 2005

Thank you for your service to the State of Missouri. There are many people who do appreciate the hard work of the State Patrol. You and yours are in my prayers.

A citizen of Missouri

September 23, 2005

My deepest sympathy to the family. God Bless you and our prayers are with you.
R.I.P. Trooper Floyd you are e hero.

Cpl. P. Meier
City of Zuerich Police (Switzerland)

September 23, 2005

Life is but a whisper and it has called you unexpectedly home. Goodbye is not forever, rest-in-peace, and your sacrifice is not forgotten.

Dean Nyhart
Arizona Department of Public Safety (Highway Patrol)

September 23, 2005

May God bless you and your family during this difficult time and may you rest in peace Sir. You will never be forgotten.

Kevin Cannon
Brother of Keith Cannon EOW 5/4/05

September 23, 2005

Thanks for the many years of dedicated service.

Rest in Peace, brother.

ofc. Allen Ray
Huntsville PD (AL)

September 23, 2005

The Florida Police Chiefs Association would like to express our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Trooper Donald Floyd, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Our thoughts and prayers are with you during this time of great sadness. Please take comfort in knowing that your extended law enforcement family grieves with you. Trooper Floyd, we thank you for your service. You will not be forgotten.

Members and Staff
Florida Police Chiefs Association

September 23, 2005

Kevin would have been 46 on Sunday, September 25, 2005. Always had a smile and something silly to say. God Bless Cheryl and family.

L
Missouri State Highway Patrol

September 23, 2005

My deepest sympathy goes out to the family, friends and members of the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Rest in Peace brother.

"They are not HERO's because they died, they are HERO's because of how they lived."

Survivor and Police Officer,
Detective Christopher Hodges
Father: Thomas A. Hodges EOW 04-01-1976

Detective Christopher Hodges
Miami-Dade Police Department

September 23, 2005

May the darkness be lifted soon. God bless Brother!!!

Trooper
AZ DPS

September 23, 2005

My thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends and co-workers of Trooper Floyd; may he rest in peace.

Linda Lamm - LEO Wife and Sister of
Jay Balchunas EOW 11/05/04

September 23, 2005

“When God made Peace Officers….”

When the lord was creating Peace Officers, he was into his sixth day of overtime when an angel appeared and said, “You’re doing a lot of fiddling around on this one.”

And the Lord said, Have you read the spec on this order? A Peace Officer has to be able to run five miles through alleys in the dark, scale walls, enter homes the health inspector wouldn’t touch, and not wrinkle their uniform.

They have to be able to sit in an undercover car all day on a stakeout, cover a homicide scene that night, canvass the neighborhood for witnesses, and testify in court the next day.

They have to be in top physical condition at all times, running on black coffee and half- eaten meals. And they have to have six pairs of hands.

The angel shook her head slowly and said, “Six pairs of hands….No Way.”

“It’s not the hands that are causing me the problems,” said the Lord, “It’s the three pairs of eyes an officer has to have.”

That’s on the standard model? asked the angel.

The Lord nodded. One pair that sees through a bulge in a pocket before he asks, “May I see what’s in there sir?” (When they already know and wishes they had taken that accounting job.) Another pair here in the side of their head for their partners’ safety. And another pair of eyes here in front that can look reassuringly at a bleeding victim and say, “ You’ll be alright ma’am, when they know it isn’t so.”

“Lord,” said the angel, touching his sleeve,” rest and work tomorrow.”

“I can’t,” said the Lord, “I already have a model that can talk a 250 pound drunk into a patrol car without incident and feed a family of five on civil service paycheck.”

The angel circled the model of the Peace Officer very slowly, “Can it think?” she asked.

“You bet,” said the Lord, “It can tell you elements of a hundred crimes, recite Miranda warnings in it’s sleep; detain, investigate, search, and arrest a gang member on the street in less time than it takes five judges to debate the legality of the stop…and still it keeps it’s sense of humor.

This officer also has phenomenal personal control. They can deal with crime scenes painted in HELL, coax a confession from a child abuser, comfort a murder victim’s family’ and then read in the daily paper how Law Enforcement isn’t sensitive to the rights of criminal suspects.

Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek of the Peace Officer. “There’s a leak,” she pronounced. “I told you that you were trying to put too much into this model.”

“That’s not a leak,” said the Lord, “It’s a tear.”

“What’s the tear for?” asked the angel.

“It’s for bottled-up emotions, for fallen comrades, for commitment to that funny piece of cloth called the American flag, and for justice.”

“You’re a genius,” said the angel.

The Lord looked sober. “I didn’t put it there,” he said.


Anonymous

Senior Instructor
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

September 23, 2005